• Meet the Test Kitchen •

Becky: Director of the Land O’Lakes Test Kitchen, a job she loves.

Becky has spent her entire career cooking and baking, which are also her favorite hobbies outside of work. For her, time spent in the kitchen not only relieves stress, but is lots of fun as well. Becky’s love for baking began as a child, standing on a chair next her mom, adding ingredients and mixing up dough.

Savory Parmesan Thumbprints

I love how the holidays bring people together! It’s such a great opportunity to gather friends and family. We all come together to eat fabulous food, reminisce about the past, and look forward to what the New Year has in store.

Winter Squash with Fried Sage Leaves – A Side Dish with a Twist

I love to entertain, whether it’s inviting friends over for a casual meal on a weekend or hosting a get-together for family. Part of the fun is the planning, which includes everything from deciding on the main dish, all the way to a scrumptious dessert and the centerpiece for my table. But, there’s always one area I struggle with: coming up with interesting side dishes.

Sugar Cookie Presents: A Gift within a Gift

Like many others, my family loves Christmastime. But my sister Laura? Her holiday cheer is in a class all its own. Truly, Laura possesses a holiday spirit that could make Santa Claus himself look unenthusiastic!

A Delicious Holiday Gift -- Tangerine Curd

I enjoy looking for a new gift-giving idea when the holiday season rolls around. Making a special food gift is always at the top of my list. In past years, I have given my favorite caramel snack mix, hot fudge sauce, spiced nuts, pumpkin and banana bread, fudge, caramels and peanut brittle. When I saw the recipe for Tangerine Curd being developed in the Test Kitchens for our 2013 Holiday Recipe Brochure, “Wrapping Up the Holidays,” I knew I had found my gift for this year.

Latest Blog

After a long, busy day of work and errands, the last thing I want to do when I get home is cook a meal. I usually end up throwing together a quick salad, but, during these cold winter days, a cold salad just won’t cut it. Enter Slow Cooker Rustic Beef Stew. This recipe let me do minimal prep, leave for the day and come home to a hot and satisfying meal with minimal clean up. More ...

The Simple Rewards® Club is your personal online resource for exclusive offers and information. It’s also our way of saying “thank you” for trusting Land O’Lakes and inviting us into your home. Membership is free, so sign up today.

Check Your Email

Look for an email soon with instructions to reset your password.

If you did not receive the email, please check your email junk folder (just in case) or contact us.

Hi, I'm Becky. I'm eager to share my best ideas and favorite recipes from my 20+ years in the Land O'Lakes Test Kitchen. I'm also excited to help with any questions you have about cooking and baking with Land O Lakes® products. Some of the questions and answers will be published in our newsletter, The Measuring Cup®. Please use the short form below to ask your questions, or share your tip or memory.

Please correct the item(s) in red below

*These fields are required

I am 14 years of age or older.*

First Name*

Your Email Address*

Comment or Question*

Last Name*

By submitting my comments, questions or other material, I agree that Land O'Lakes is not obliged to keep the information submitted confidential and
Land O'Lakes will exclusively own all existing and future rights to the
contents of the submission of every kind and nature. Land O'Lakes will be
entitled to unrestricted use of the submission for any purposes whatsoever,
commercial or otherwise, including, but not limited to, reproduction,
disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcasting or posting without any
compensation to or acknowledgment of the provider of the submission.
*